Online broadcasters JumpTV and NeuLion have announced their intent to merge, creating one of the industry's largest Internet Protocol TV providers. New company will focus on sports programming, providing pro and collegiate properties to Internet and set-top box users, as well as ethnic programming for Chinese, Filipino, Arabic and Spanish-speaking auds. Merger also brings together NeuLion's booming set-top box biz with JumpTV's video streaming, ticket management and e-commerce business. JumpTV currently provides video services for more than 150 NCAA schools as well as international programming from more than 300 global channels, while NeuLion provides services to the National Hockey League and International Fight League, as well as major international networks -- including 40 channels from China, top-rated Philippines network ABS-CBN and France's Globecast. Online streaming video will remain a prominent strength of the combined company, but the union is designed to deepen existing ties in more than a dozen other business lines, including social networking, ticketing, e-commerce, donor management, and content for the set-top box and mobile platforms. Sports will be a major content focus for the enlarged JumpTV, joining ethnic-oriented material. “We think the combined capabilities of both outfits puts in a position that if you’re a sports property deepening your interactive profile, we’re now definitely going to be in the candidate set,” Paterson said.http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987112.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1&nid=2570
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